File:Waning crescent earth seen from the moon.jpg
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English: The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program. While astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "America" in lunar orbit. View of the crescent Earth rising above the lunar horizon over the Ritz Crater. Image taken during the Apollo 17 mission on Revolution 66. Original film magazine was labeled PP. Film type was SO-368 Color Ektachrome MS CEX,Color Reversal, 250mm lens., Longitude 98.2 East, Azimuth 264, Altitude 113 km. |
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Author | NASA, Courtesy Photo |
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Headline | Apollo 17, Earthrise over Moon |
Image title | View of the crescent Earth rising above the lunar horizon over the Ritz Crater. Image taken during the Apollo 17 mission on Revolution 66. Original film magazine was labeled PP. Film type was SO-368 Color Ektachrome MS CEX,Color Reversal, 250mm lens., Longitude 98.2 East, Azimuth 264, Altitude 113 km. NASA Identifier: as17-152-23274 |
City shown | Washington |
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Copyright holder | Public Domain |
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Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 416 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 416 dpi |
Image width | 4,160 px |
Image height | 4,160 px |
Color space | sRGB |
File change date and time | 05:31, 3 February 2009 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows |
Date and time of digitizing | 03:21, 18 August 2005 |
Date metadata was last modified | 05:31, 3 February 2009 |
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Original transmission location code | as17-152-23274 |